The fact that you and everyone you know will receive spam and scam emails (and texts) for as long as they live should be added to the famous Ben Franklin quote, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Death, taxes, and spam. It’s constant, ever present, and you likely have a few hundred of them sitting in your spam folder as you read this. The very fact that we even need to have a spam folder tells us there’s a problem.
While email providers and the can often do a decent job at spotting the false missives from Nigerian princes that hit your inbox, both remain far from foolproof—so you need to know how to spot scam emails to avoid falling prey to their tactics. Here’s some advice that can help.
